Lost Treasures: The Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe The Artwork of Bill Farran

Yarmolyntsi, Ukraine - Original Linocut

Yarmolintsy [Russian], Yarmolintza [Yiddish], Jarmolińce [Polish]

The earliest known Jewish community in Yarmolyntsi was during the 16th century. However, the town was heavily damaged during the Khmelnitsky pogroms of 1648-49. In 1926, according to the census, the Jewish population was 2700. Most likely the wooden synagogue ceased to function as a place of worship when the town became part of the Soviet Union post World War I and religious observance was not permitted.

World War II was disastrous for the Jewish population of Yarmolyntsi after the Nazis occupied the town on July 8, 1941. The next day, 16 Jewish men were shot to death and thrown into a mass grave. Eventually the town’s Jews were forced into a ghetto. In October 1942, a mass murder occurred when a number of Jews from Yarmolyntsi and the surrounding towns were shot to death at the site of a former military base near Yarmolintsi. A group of Jews put up armed resistance and killed a few German soldiers and Ukrainian auxiliary police. The town was liberated by the Red Army on March 27, 1944.

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